"cabin fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: In the current sense coined or popularized in a 1918 novel of the same name. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cabin fever (uncountable)
  1. (psychology) A condition of restlessness and irritability caused by being in a confined space. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Derived forms: cabin-fevered Related terms: log cabin, claustrophobia, stir-crazy Translations (psychological condition): ponorková nemoc [feminine] (Czech), ponorka [feminine] (Czech), mökkihöperyys (Finnish), claustrophobie [feminine] (French), Lagerkoller [masculine] (German), inniveiki (Icelandic), brakkesyke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brakkesjuke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brakkesjuke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), кабинная лихорадка (kabinnaja lixoradka) (Russian), claustrofobia [feminine] (Spanish), buryong (Tagalog), clefyd caban [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cabin_fever-en-noun-h7YDLX0X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'psychological condition': 96 4
  2. (obsolete) Typhus. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cabin_fever-en-noun-WXbyxMuf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

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